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SENATE,  May  13,   I864.~0rdered  to  lie  upon  the  table  and  be 
printed.  "" 

[By  Mr.  Brown.]  .  . 


RESOLUTIOIsr 

Of  the  Legislature  of  the  Stale  of  Mississippi,  asking  the  passage  of  a  lav 
relieving  the  citizens  of  certain  portions  of  that  State,  whose  property 
lias,  been  destroyed  by  laids  of  the  jn/blic  enemy,  from  the  payment  if  the 
tax  in  kind. 

Whereas,  on  account  of  raids  made  by  the  public  enemy  thiougii 
vlifferent  portions  of  the  State,  many  citizens  are  left  in  a  destitute 
condition,  and  rendered  wholly  unable,  on  account  (>f  the  destruction 
and  consumption 'of  tfieir  property,  to  pay  their  taxes  in  kind,  or  ;i 
commutation  tax  in  lieu  thereof:  therefore, 

"Resolved  by  the  Legis/ati/ie  of  the  State  of  Mississippi,  That  our  Sena- 
tors be  instructed,  and  our  Reprepertatives  in  Congress  be  requested, 
to  urge  in  the  next  Congress  the  passage  of  an  act  relieving  such  cit- 
izens from  the  payment  of  their  said  tax  in  kind  and  the  commutation 
money  in  lieu  thereof:  Provided,  In  all  cases  of  relief  the  party  shall 
be  required  te  make  satisfactory  proof  before  the  collector  that  his 
property  was  taken  or  destroyed,  that  is  subject  to  the  tax  in  kind, 
by  the  public  enemy. 

Approved,  April  2,  1864. 


